Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Dunlop G Pte 4387 George 23 Inf Bn 30 Labourer Single C of E
Address: Kensington, Edinburgh St, (NOK)
Next of Kin: Dunlop, A W, brother, Edinburgh St, Kensington
Enlisted: 16 Nov 1914
Embarked: RMS Malwa 23 Apr 1916
Date of death: 25/08/1916
VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
War Service Commemorated
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour killed
Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiries Bureau Correspondence
Dunlop Pte G 4387
M Aug 25th/16I was on the same gun as Dunlop at Pozieres. We were going into the front line before the company to get the guns into position. I was alongside him when the parapet was blown in and he was buried. When we got him out he was dead. His body was taken to the rear for burial. Eyewitness: Yes Informant: Cpl J H Rowe 483 23rd AIF 1st Southen General Hospital King's Heath, Birmingham
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In Memoriam
DUNLOP.-In loving memory of my dear, great
friend, George, killed in action somewhere in France,
August 25, 1916.
Brave, steadfast, and true.
An Australian hero.
-(Inserted by his friend, Miss I. Smith.)
The Argus 25 August 1917
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1645162
No further notices in The Argus to 1920.
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